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Ataraxia eBook Series

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  • The Meaning of Madness

    Ataraxia, #1

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 1 - Ataraxia
    How Sane Are You?The boundary between sanity and madness is not as clear as we like to think.The traits we admire in artists, visionaries, leaders, and innovators often overlap with those that, in their extreme forms, can lead to mental disorder. Creativity and bipolar disorder. Inspiration and psychosis. Charisma and psychopathy. Where exactly do we draw the line—and why?In this award-winning ... Read more

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  • Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions

    Ataraxia, #3

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 3 - Ataraxia
    Heaven and hell are not merely places we may go to.They are states of mind.Every day, we move between them.Love can transform a life. Loneliness can diminish it. Gratitude can sustain us through adversity, while envy can quietly erode achievement. Hope can carry us forward; humiliation can shape a lifetime.The events of our lives matter. But how we experience them matters just as much.Yet despite ... Read more

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  • Hide and Seek: The Psychology of Self-Deception

    Ataraxia, #2

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 2 - Ataraxia
    Start seeing things you never saw before—in yourself and in others.Why do people think, feel, and behave the way they do? Why do even intelligent people sabotage themselves, repeat the same mistakes, and cling to comforting illusions? And how can you know when you are deceiving yourself?Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that ... Read more

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  • The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide

    Ataraxia, #6

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 6 - Ataraxia
    What is success, and is it worth the sacrifice? A psychiatrist and philosopher searches for a better, freer way of living.We spend our lives striving: for achievement, status, wealth, recognition, security. We devote our best years to getting ahead, often without asking what 'getting ahead' is for.In the pursuit of success, we neglect friendship, love, contemplation, wonder, and freedom. We become ... Read more

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  • For Better For Worse: Essays on Sex, Love, Marriage, and More

    Ataraxia, #4

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 4 - Ataraxia
    Should you marry? Have children? Embrace monogamy, polyamory, or something else entirely?For most of human history, these questions were largely settled by custom, religion, and social expectation. Today, they are ours to answer.Never before have we enjoyed so much freedom in our relationships—or felt so uncertain about them. Traditional models are being challenged, new possibilities are opening ... Read more

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  • Hypersanity: Thinking Beyond Thinking

    Ataraxia, #5

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 5 - Ataraxia
    Sharpen your mind, reframe your perspectives, and unleash your full human potentialRD Laing presented madness as a voyage of discovery that could open out onto a free state of higher consciousness, or hypersanity. But if there is such a thing as hypersanity, then mere sanity is not all it's cracked up to be, a state of dormancy and dullness with less vital potential even than madness. We could all ... Read more

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